Deaf Twins Euthanized

Do they allow such things to happen? I did not know that. I thought it was only a topic for debate. In debates, it's usually patients who are terminally ill may opt for euthanasia, and other situations, but never on deafness and blindness. That is so extreme.

Men are indeed complicated creatures. Every one has his/her own ideas and opinions. Everybody looks differently at the kind of life he/she likes. The fact that they were twins - it was reported that they said that they could not bear to not seeing each other when their eyesight failed - might be that they had a stronger emotional attachment to each other which we non-twins may not really understand. It is indeed chilling.

I didn't know about it. I haven't been watching the news nor reading the papers so this comes as a big surprise. This news is terrible; Belgium has crossed the line between what's legal and permissible, in my opinion. I wonder if any attempts have been made to get the twins seen by a psychotherapist - what if they were simply depressed? I looked this news up, and found out they also have other medical problems and impending blindness apparently. However, they have a supportive family, who could have helped them live through it (and who tried to talk them out of it).

I have to admit that I am a person that is in favor of allowing people to have assisted euthanasia, but I really don't think that this was a situation where something like this was appropriate. The fact of the matter is that though these individuals did have handicaps and obstacles in their lives, they weren't going through chronic pain and an illness that was going to imminently end their lives. To me, this doesn't set a very good precident for blind/deaf individuals.

I was feeling a bit of pity for them, but yet I thaught they just gave up too easily and chose the comfortable way. If there was a bit of willpower in them, they would have accepted that and tried to make the best of their lives. There are people with even worse problems who accept this gracefully and show great examples.

nobody has a right to take anybody's life, not even their own. Our so-called life is not ours to take since it is a gift from God.

This is shocking. I agree, being blind if not the end of everything. There are many blind people who lives a normal life. I felt so bad reading this

This is super sad but like you said we have no right to judge them for it. Maybe if I was in that situation I might choose the same thing, then again maybe not. I don't know how I would react if I was in that predicament. We each have to decide what is the best thing for us...

I read this post earlier day, rather than go blazing in commenting off the top of my head - I decided to think about it and maybe research it before making a knee jerk response. As you have said in replies and comments, these twins do have other health problem that will only get worse - Nobody wants to suffer in pain and I would imagine that this is the hardest choice they had to make Discussions like this should avoid any religious views A second point I would like to raise is one that requires some imagination. Take away the future health problems for these twins... Let us just stick with Blindness and Deafness - Did you think of that when you read the post? Deaf and Blind You can't see anything or hear anything - You are alone until somebody touches you. You can't read, you can't listen to music. You have no interaction with other. You are nutured by your experience through life. Life forms you and your way of thinking. What would these twins gain from life? Everyday they are alone That is not a quality of life.

this is really unacceptable for me. i wonder how old are the twins? i must say the twins are coward because they never wanted a challenging life. they are obviously mentally ill. i just don't understand why the government allows euthanasia.

It was their life and the decesion was their's. So they got what they wanted.